The Trump administration said it was suspending $175m (£135m) in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania over the school’s policy regarding transgender athletes. The move relates to a transgender woman who won the highest US national college swimming title in 2022 while competing for the Ivy League university, which is based in Philadelphia. A … Read more
In Gaza, Palestinians have been burying their dead. At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Strip, Alaa Abu Hihal stands cradling his baby son Mohammed in his arms. The child’s tiny face peeps out of a white shroud. Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel’s renewed bombardment … Read more
A Hollywood director has been arrested and accused of using studio funds intended to complete a sci-fi series to buy luxury cars, cryptocurrency and fancy bedding for himself. Carl Erik Rinsch, 47, is charged with federal fraud and money laundering related to $11m (£8.5m) he was given by Netflix to create a series called White … Read more
Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify Reuters John F Kennedy was the last US president killed by an assassin More than 2,000 newly released documents related to the investigation into President John F Kennedy’s assassination are notable not just for what they contain – but for what is omitted. As many experts expected, this latest release by … Read more
Getty Images Ahead of PM Modi’s meeting with Trump in February, India cut tariffs on some US products India has usually turned to economic reforms in times of distress, with the most famous example being 1991, when the country embraced liberalisation in the face of a deep financial crisis. Now, with US President Donald Trump’s … Read more
Israel says it has extended its ground operations in Gaza, after launching a wave of air strikes that the Hamas-run health ministry says killed more than 430 people in two days. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops had moved in up to the Netzarim Corridor, which divides the north and south of the Strip. … Read more
A brush fire in the Miami-Dade area has burned 3,600 acres and was only 20% contained as of Tuesday, according to the Florida Forest Service. The fire is burning near and around the only two roads connecting the Florida Keys islands to Florida City on the mainland. Card Sound Road has been shut entirely. Officials … Read more
A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation, ordering it to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to a Texas-based oil company. Energy Transfer sued the environmental group over protests nearly a decade ago against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The lawsuit, filed in state court, accused Greenpeace of an “unlawful and … Read more
A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the Texas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer, which had sued Greenpeace over its role in protests nearly a decade ago against its Dakota Access Pipeline. The verdict was a major blow to the storied environmental organization. Greenpeace had maintained that it … Read more
A US court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to dismiss Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s legal challenge to his detention and has ordered the case transferred to New Jersey. Mr Khalil, a US permanent resident and Columbia University graduate, was detained on 8 March by immigration officers and faces deportation for his role in … Read more